On Hand

Who gets the embryos?


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A Michigan Supreme Court is considering who has the rights of a frozen embryo created using in-vitro fertilization after a couple gets divorced. The case involves Sarah and David Markiewicz who turned to egg donation and IVF to have children. Since 2019, the couple has been at odds on what would happen to their remaining embryo and after five years of legal battles the state's highest court is deciding on the matter. 

GUESTS:

  • Bonsitu Kitaba, a deputy legal director at the American Liberties Union of Michigan, co-author of an amicus brief filed in support of David Markiewicz.
  • Ben Carpenter, associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Carpenter’s scholarship on the effects of assisted reproductive technologies in estate planning and family law has been widely cited in Sarah Markiewicz' court filings. 

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